Spain in Crisis: A Collective Response

“[Grueso] dances in the impossible distance between individuals and community, memory and action, life and politics…” – Germán Labrador Méndez, Princeton University

“A visual personal diary of the occupation of Sol Square in Madrid. Grueso turns into images his rediscovery of activism, and how all of a sudden an astonishing democratic movement built a protest camp in the heart of the capital creating strong bonds of cooperation, friendship and affinity among the protesters. Without trying to speak in the name of the Indignados collective, this film offers an inspiring chronicle of one of the most relevant political events of contemporary Spanish history, gathering together the voices of some of his protagonists.” – Pablo la Parra, Art Historian, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, NYU

“Three fascinating short pieces—at times poetic, at times sarcastic, at times directly political—on the growing outrage and disaffection triggered by the economic and political crisis in Spain” – Pablo la Parra, Art Historian, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, NYU

“The Pig Slaughter by Isaki Lacuesta is a moral portrait of Barcelona and, by extension, the Spain of 2012.” – EL CONFIDENCIAL

“Political filming for [Isaki Lacuesta] is to show what you cannot see and to say what you cannot show.” – Germán Labrador Méndez, Princeton University